Kitchen-rack.



No. 806,893. I PATENTED DEGJIZ, 1905. W. R. HOLDER.

KITCHEN RACK.

APPLIOATIONIILED APR.3, 1905.

7 Z I 0 wi/li'weoow 7 WILLIAM ROBERT HOLDER, OF LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.

KITCHEN-RACK- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed April 3,1905. Serial No. 253,464.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROBERT HOL- DER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lake Charles, in the parish of Calcasieu and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kitchen- Racks; and I do declare'the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved kitchen-rack adapted for holding pots, pans, skillets, and other appliances used for cooking; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a kitchen-rack embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same.

In the construction of my improved rack I employ four uprights 1. These are connected together in pairs by longitudinal bars 2 3, which are respectively near their lower ends and at their upper ends, and are recessed therein, so that the outer sides of the said bars are flush with the outer sides of the said uprights. The ends of the said bars 2 3 project from the said uprights 1. At right angles to the bars 2 are transverse bars 4, 5, and 6, which connect the uprights l and are respectively disposed near the lower ends at points midway between the upper and lower ends and at the upper ends of the said uprights. Said bars 4, 5, and 6 are also recessed in the said uprights. On the bars 2 are bars 7, which serve to support a base-plate 8, which is made of suitable sheet metal and has openings through which the uprights 1 extend. The said bars 7 and the said base-plate project from the front side of the rack, as well as from the ends thereof. The bar 9 connects the uprights 1 at the rear side of the rack, is disposed in the same horizontal plane with the bars 5, and its ends project beyond the outer sides of the said uprights 1. The front uprights"are provided with a pair of oppositelyextending bars 10, which project from the outer sides thereof and are disposed in the same horizontal plane with the bars 5 and 9. Bars 11 connect the outer ends of the bars 9 and 10 and coact therewith and with the bars 5 to support shelves 12, which are made of suitable sheet metal.

The bars 10, 3, and 6, together with the front uprights 1, are provided with suitable hooks 13, which enable skillets, pans, spoons, and other utensils to be hung therefrom. The bottom plate 8, together with the shelves 12, serve to support pots, pans, and the like. It will be observed that the space between the front uprights l is open from the bottom plate to the front upper bar 3 to enable articles to be readily placed on and removed from the central portion of the said base-plate.

My improved rack may be readily placed on the floor or on a table and against a wall, where it will be convenient of access and out of the way. It may also be suspended from the ceiling, and for the latter purposeI provide it with suspending-chains 14: and a hook 15.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A rack of the class described, comprising two pairs of uprights, cross-bars connecting them together, near their lower ends, and at their upper ends, a cross-bar connecting the rear pair of uprights at their centers longitudinal bars also connecting said uprights and disposed respectively in the same horizontal plane with the respective first mentioned cross-bars, said longitudinal bars extending beyond the said uprights to form projecting ends for the rack, a bottom plate supported by the bottom longitudinal cross bars and through which the uprights extend, shelfplates supported on the projecting ends of the intermediate longitudinal bars, and hooks attached to the front uprights, the front longitudinal bars, the upper cross-bars, and projecting from the front side of the upper rear longitudinal bar, for the purpose set forth, the front uprights and front longitudinal bars forming an open space in the front side of the rack, above the bottom plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM ROBERT HOLDER.

Witnesses:

J. W. VVILLIAMs, R. L. SIMoNs.

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